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This you see as the north pole forming near the north pole of the solenoid. Like poles repel, unlike poles attract is kind of a misleading analogy(I find it strange that I realized this after reading your question). What actually is happening is that the tiny magnetic dipoles inside the magnetic material(a bar of iron, for example) align with the direction of the magnetic field.
Some facts about magnets include: 1  the north pole of the magnet points to the geomagnetic north pole (a south magnetic pole) located in Canada above the Arctic Circle. 2  north poles repel north poles. 3  south poles repel south poles.4  north poles attract south poles.5  south poles attract north poles. magnet is any material or object that produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field is responsible for the property of a magnet: a force that pulls on other ferromagnetic materials and attracts or repels other magnets.